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abook2procmail

A simple script to generate procmail rules from abook based address books.

Usage

Generate an address book rule by running:

$ abook2procmail --procmailrc ~/.procmail/abook.rc

Then in the ~/.procmailrc, close to the top of the file, add the following line:

INCLUDERC=$HOME/.procmail/abook.rc

and enjoy e-mail from senders in the address book landing in the INBOX.

If there are multiple address books, one can use the --address-book option to override the source and the --action option to override what to do with the messages. If multiple rc files are generated, multiple includes will have to be added into ~/.procmailrc.

To ensure that the filtering rules are up to date one can set up a periodic cron job (e.g. once a day) to regenerate the rc file.

Dependencies

• Python 3.7 or later
• click 7.x or later

License

Copyright (C) 2020 Zoltan Puskas
Licensed under GPLv3